Smoke Detector in Parking Garage

Had a fire in an apartment building, under-building parking. Car caught on fire, lots of smoke but the building did not catch on fire and was undamaged. There is a heat detector about 20' away that did not detect (AHS addressable Silent Knight). The managers want to know about alternate detection should this occur again. I don't normally use smokes in parking areas for obvious reasons, what do you guys do? Any ideas to better protect this building?

Side note: It was a stolen car, the fuel lines were loosened and the car was found by the cops, who contacted the owner to remove it. As soon as he tried to start it, it erupted in flame. Knocked down by locals until the FD showed up. Asphalt damaged by heat, car destroyed, yet relatively little heat actually rose to the structure. Height is 8'. Spacing of the heats is about

40' radius (car was in end stall) though rated for 75' (yea, different I know).
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Dandelion Acres
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Beam detectors. Excellent for this type of application (and high dust environments).

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Frank Olson

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